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[laughter] >> other news being made in the cities this morning. but anyway. thank you all for being here again. i'm just going to quickly introduce our panel. you have all been introduced to stephanie shriak but i want to make a couple of points. one is i think debby made so eloquently and claire, emily's list, record year of fundraising and electing women democrats. before she was president of emily's list, stephanie was quite possibly the best democratic campaign manager in the country. she ran john hoefter's first senate campaign and al franken's campaign and his contested -- whatever that was. so she clearly brought that experience tomely's list and helped elect a lot of women. next to stephanie is anne who is a partner at an award winning media consultant with 20 years of experience consulting on and managing top-level campaigns. her client this year, she had two jobs. she ran women's volt for emily's list and did battleground state media for the obama campaign. so we'll hear more from her not only about how we turned out women for emily's list candidate
[laughter] >> other news being made in the cities this morning. but anyway. thank you all for being here again. i'm just going to quickly introduce our panel. you have all been introduced to stephanie shriak but i want to make a couple of points. one is i think debby made so eloquently and claire, emily's list, record year of fundraising and electing women democrats. before she was president of emily's list, stephanie was quite possibly the best democratic campaign manager in the country....
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the city for society, the city in society. in this, we shall be assisted by superb investors and to increase them in so doing. -- encourage them in so doing. the toast is, her majesty's administers. -- ministers. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ >> silence for the prime minister. [applause] >> my lord my your, your late board later, mike grace, lord chancellor, your excellencies, my lord, cheap, and are, ladies and gentlemen. that was of great speech. upbeat, optimistic. [applause] are ringing defense of this sort of responsible capitalism that i believe in and squarely facing the city of london at the heart of the society. with what you said about the whiskey glass, i can tell we are going to get along just fine. [laughter] there is a custom that at this bank with dating back beyond church hill, the prime minister should make a speech about foreign-policy. let me say at the outset that this is a government that is outward looking, s
the city for society, the city in society. in this, we shall be assisted by superb investors and to increase them in so doing. -- encourage them in so doing. the toast is, her majesty's administers. -- ministers. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ >> silence for the prime minister. [applause] >> my lord my your, your late board later, mike grace, lord chancellor, your excellencies, my lord,...
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stephanie kelton is the head of the economics department at the university of missouri kansas city. bruce bartlett is someone i have known forever. he is now one of the foremost authorities, and has been for some time, on tax policy, tax reform. you can see his writing in "the new york times." he has a great economic blog. he would be shooting me if i did not mention the book. he has several. the latest is "the benefits and the burden." it is a history and review of tax reform issues. i get my tongue% now, right? and then we have the chief economist of the center for budget and policy priorities, which is where budget analysts go to talk to budget analysts. stephanie, i am going to start with you. there is a basic question. did you see the look of shock on her face? the basic question to start with. jamie said we should not panic, but you cannot turn on cnbc or bloomberg and not talk to people about to panic, if they are not already. is there a reason we should be concerned about the fiscal cliff beck's is the damage that great that this is something that has to be prevented under a
stephanie kelton is the head of the economics department at the university of missouri kansas city. bruce bartlett is someone i have known forever. he is now one of the foremost authorities, and has been for some time, on tax policy, tax reform. you can see his writing in "the new york times." he has a great economic blog. he would be shooting me if i did not mention the book. he has several. the latest is "the benefits and the burden." it is a history and review of tax...
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officials from both countries on a bill the plan and the australian city today as part of the annual security meeting. attended by hillary clinton and leon panetta. they held as as a major leap forward in bilateral cooperation. and an import a new frontier in that state's rebounds to the asia-pacific area. and an update on the david petearus situation. leading investigators to a questionable relationship between the tampa florida socialite and the general commander of the war in afghanistan. their main question was a national security threatened? the extramarital affair was between the general petraus and paula broadwell. is a sense harassing e-mails to a woman -- who they say send harassing e-mails to a woman, jill kelley. jill kelley treated thousands of applications messages with the general john allen. possible evidence of another inappropriate relationship. defense secretary leon panetta speaking earlier today and australia says he has continued confidence in a general john allen to remain as commander of united states forces in afghanistan, despite his connection to the scandal
officials from both countries on a bill the plan and the australian city today as part of the annual security meeting. attended by hillary clinton and leon panetta. they held as as a major leap forward in bilateral cooperation. and an import a new frontier in that state's rebounds to the asia-pacific area. and an update on the david petearus situation. leading investigators to a questionable relationship between the tampa florida socialite and the general commander of the war in afghanistan....
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on the hill. -- and truly be that shining city on the hill. good night. >> 2013 should be the year we begin to solve our debt through tax entitlement reform. i am proposing it will be the solution of the fiscal cliff together that ensures that 2013 is finally the year that our government come to grips with the major problems facing us. >> i am open to compromise. i am open to new ideas. i am committed to solving our fiscal challenge. but i refuse to accept any approach that is not balanced. i am not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 are not asked to pay a dime more in taxes than of the newly elected congress starts work in january but the current congress still has work to do through the end of the year in what is referred to as a lame duck session. work is expected on the impending fiscal cliff including the expiration of the bush-year tax cut, the federal deficit, raising the debt ceiling and by how much, and planned cuts to domestic and milita
on the hill. -- and truly be that shining city on the hill. good night. >> 2013 should be the year we begin to solve our debt through tax entitlement reform. i am proposing it will be the solution of the fiscal cliff together that ensures that 2013 is finally the year that our government come to grips with the major problems facing us. >> i am open to compromise. i am open to new ideas. i am committed to solving our fiscal challenge. but i refuse to accept any approach that is not...
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those cities turned out higher than they did in 2012. what about those angry conservatives that were fired up? take a look at a place like oklahoma for example. an energy state. the turn out there looks to be down more than 5%. a couple of wrong assumptions that we made. overall, this is a watershed election because we have 84 house freshmen. when you combine that with 82 surviving members from the class of 2010, 166 members, more than one-third of the house that will have less than three years of experience when congress takes office in january. a huge new freshman class, a steep learning curve, and get ready for fireworks. >> many of you have the report and the bbc's report on voter turnout. >> the first thing i want to do is thank the bbc and dan and john for making this report possible. it would not have been done without them. i am usually the chicken little of the analyst industry on the issue of turnout, and this time i was the chicken little and it turned out to be right. the eligible citizen population increased by 8 million thi
those cities turned out higher than they did in 2012. what about those angry conservatives that were fired up? take a look at a place like oklahoma for example. an energy state. the turn out there looks to be down more than 5%. a couple of wrong assumptions that we made. overall, this is a watershed election because we have 84 house freshmen. when you combine that with 82 surviving members from the class of 2010, 166 members, more than one-third of the house that will have less than three years...
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it has become a city of factions. there are four factions fighting over samha. you see these political elite, you know, the president, the former president, right, this is one of the amazing things. in tunisia, ben ali goes into exile. mubarak -- and sulla becomes leader of an opposition party. he has immunity and is still a political player. you see these factions that are really fighting while everybody else is dealing with electrical blackouts that happen every day, are dealing with the rising price of water and flour and bread and petro, and it's really quite broken. and into this steps organizations like al qaeda who in the south were able to provide services. so i think you're right, that this opportunity has been missed. i don't see any easier quick solutions. there is a frustration. i think many of the same conversations that you've had and i sat down and talked to u.s. diplomats in yemen who were intimately involved in these strikes and when i ask about conversations about the 16-year-old son of anwaral--- anwar. he was killed in 2011. what's been told
it has become a city of factions. there are four factions fighting over samha. you see these political elite, you know, the president, the former president, right, this is one of the amazing things. in tunisia, ben ali goes into exile. mubarak -- and sulla becomes leader of an opposition party. he has immunity and is still a political player. you see these factions that are really fighting while everybody else is dealing with electrical blackouts that happen every day, are dealing with the...
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it's a great opportunity to speak on this bill, 2606, the new york city natural gas supply enhancement act, which would authorize the secretary of the interior to allow the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline facility in new york portion of the gateway national recreational area. . i appreciate the support for the bill when it was first considered here in the house and now as it's considered with the senate modifications. further, i wish to extend my sincerest appreciation to a good friend and my colleague from new york, mr. gregory meeks. from start to finish this bill has been a bipartisan effort and is an example of what we can -- what exactly we can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal. this project will be the first bulk natural gas transmission project in brooklyn, statin island and queens in more than 40 years. the 5.2 million people living in these three burroughs are demanding more and more natural gas. natural gas as we all know is reliable, it's clean, it's domestic and it's economical. on september 15 of last year, new york city deputy mayo
it's a great opportunity to speak on this bill, 2606, the new york city natural gas supply enhancement act, which would authorize the secretary of the interior to allow the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline facility in new york portion of the gateway national recreational area. . i appreciate the support for the bill when it was first considered here in the house and now as it's considered with the senate modifications. further, i wish to extend my sincerest appreciation to a...
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not just in the city but the whole country. they understood the united states have deep respect for their lives. this is not the old paternalism. this was partnership. without partnership rwanda would not have managed to get life-saving drugs to 91% of the people who needed them. good leadership. there are problems in rwanda with the leadership. on this comment they got the strokes provided by the united states. it is a blooming story. we are moved by such moving events. i am probably here because such events. ours is not a soft oakland's. we try to keep our of - -lens. we try to keep our honor code. can you believe the dryness of the term, evident based, excellence. yours truly. i am here to tell you that your heart is not the most important thing. your heart is not going to solve these problems. if your car does not find the right in your head we're not going to get away. it is not charity that fires us. it is justice. that is what inflames us. justice is a higher standards. people are looking for clean and simple melody line
not just in the city but the whole country. they understood the united states have deep respect for their lives. this is not the old paternalism. this was partnership. without partnership rwanda would not have managed to get life-saving drugs to 91% of the people who needed them. good leadership. there are problems in rwanda with the leadership. on this comment they got the strokes provided by the united states. it is a blooming story. we are moved by such moving events. i am probably here...
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louis city. in west virginia, they elected democratic governor, democratic senator, including re-electing mansion, who got 61% and yet the president topped out at 36%. that's 25% difference between mansion and president's vote in west virginia. i wanted to get your comments on, ticket in general and then maybe west virginia. >> you have three different things in two different situations. in missouri, let's face it, talk aidan contaminated the environment and made it very, very hard for -- i think it didn't represent other republicans in the state and nationally for that matter. the thing is in places like montana and west virginia, when you vp democrats that could have told you on january 1 -- i'm sorry, january -- could have told you four years ago that that president obama will be a liability in my state -- i'm not going to have to put. there will be no lack of distance between me and him at any point. it's not like they had been cozying up to him and then up -- the picture that republicans had
louis city. in west virginia, they elected democratic governor, democratic senator, including re-electing mansion, who got 61% and yet the president topped out at 36%. that's 25% difference between mansion and president's vote in west virginia. i wanted to get your comments on, ticket in general and then maybe west virginia. >> you have three different things in two different situations. in missouri, let's face it, talk aidan contaminated the environment and made it very, very hard for --...
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that is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. their water, sewer, infrastructure and owl of that is already feeling the strain. and the international community and the united states could increase aiding the civilian side. they got the trains to run on time. if we can help the afghanistan people with infrastructure, roads, schools, hospitals, electric power delivery, water purification. if we can convince them to play ball and work with them closely 10, 15, years down the road we're looking at a stable afghanistan. and we must not overlook the gee political fact afghanistan is next to iran. host: can you stay on the line. caller: yes. guest: i think the caller is right in terms of observation that we do have a long term strategic interest this this part of the world. and number two i think what he is saying is in line with what the u.s. state department has been saying about the u.s. presence in afghanistan and that is the military presence will draw done 2014 the expectation at least in civilian quarters within the u.s. governme
that is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. their water, sewer, infrastructure and owl of that is already feeling the strain. and the international community and the united states could increase aiding the civilian side. they got the trains to run on time. if we can help the afghanistan people with infrastructure, roads, schools, hospitals, electric power delivery, water purification. if we can convince them to play ball and work with them closely 10, 15, years down the road we're...
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louis city. west virginia, they elected a democratic governor and senator with 61%, and yet the president talked out at 36%. i just wanted to get your comments on that. >> you've got three different things than two different situations. in missouri, let's face it, todd akin contaminated it. in places like montana and west virginia, you have democrats that could have told you on january 1 -- could have told you four years ago that president obama was going to be a liability in my state, and i am not going to have to -- there never will be any lack of distance between me and him at any point. it is not like they have been cozying up to him and then -- the picture that republicans had of joe manchin and president obama together, there is only one reason they could get the picture, because they had to be at the same funeral. that is the only reason that picture even existed, because there is not a second picture of them together. so these guys had a lot of notice to create a lot of distance, and rebe
louis city. west virginia, they elected a democratic governor and senator with 61%, and yet the president talked out at 36%. i just wanted to get your comments on that. >> you've got three different things than two different situations. in missouri, let's face it, todd akin contaminated it. in places like montana and west virginia, you have democrats that could have told you on january 1 -- could have told you four years ago that president obama was going to be a liability in my state,...
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the freak storm ravaged new york city. when storms like that happen, it does help consensus. i do not think that will be at the top of the agenda. immigration reform is probably more of the momentum behind that. >> there are two issues that have changed dramatically, 180 degrees. one is gay rights. this country went to a much broader acceptance of gay rights and gay marriage. just stunning. part is a democratic shift. the rise of the young voters who are more tolerant. the other is a climate change. there was a big movement among evangelicals to save the lord's earth, to save the greatest gift we were given. it made a lot of sense with the far right's agenda. it has been turned into the exact opposite. climate change is happening and it is partially caused by human kind. that is happening just a few years after both parties in a pretty wide degree that something had to be done for different reasons. stunning. >> somebody was compiling the best tweets of the campaign. john hunstman in the primaries. "i agree with the scientific consensus on global warming. call me crazy." that
the freak storm ravaged new york city. when storms like that happen, it does help consensus. i do not think that will be at the top of the agenda. immigration reform is probably more of the momentum behind that. >> there are two issues that have changed dramatically, 180 degrees. one is gay rights. this country went to a much broader acceptance of gay rights and gay marriage. just stunning. part is a democratic shift. the rise of the young voters who are more tolerant. the other is a...
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louis city. west virginia, they elected a democratic governor and senator with 61%, and yet the president talked out at 36%. i just wanted to get your comments on that. >> you've got three different things than two different situations. it, -- in let's face missouri, todd akin contaminated it. in places like montana and west virginia, you have democrats that could have told you on january 1 -- could have told you four years ago that president obama was going to be a liability in my state, and i am not going to have to -- there never will be any lack of distance between me and him at any point. it is not like they have been cozying up to him and then -- the picture that republicans had of joe manchin and president obama together, there is only one reason they could get the picture, because they had to be at the same funeral. that is the only reason that picture even existed, because there is not a second picture of them together. so these guys had a lot of notice to create a lot of distance, and r
louis city. west virginia, they elected a democratic governor and senator with 61%, and yet the president talked out at 36%. i just wanted to get your comments on that. >> you've got three different things than two different situations. it, -- in let's face missouri, todd akin contaminated it. in places like montana and west virginia, you have democrats that could have told you on january 1 -- could have told you four years ago that president obama was going to be a liability in my state,...
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. >> new york city or new york area? >> new york area. >> earlier today the president queened a call with homeland security, fema chief of staff and other senior members of his team. on the call the president received an update on the latest response and recovery efforts in the affected area. he also heard from fema administrator on the latest efforts to meet the continuing power and fuel challenges facing affected communities as well as ongoing work of the governors and their teams for housing solutions for the families. administrator is in new york survey i have aing damage and ongoing response recovery efforts t. president directed his team to bring all available resources to bear to support our state and local partners and not allow red tape to stand in the way of federal support that can be provided t. president will continue to receive updates on the response and recovery efforts from his team. and with that i'll take your questions. >> thanks and welcome to the lame duck session. we just heard the president say tw
. >> new york city or new york area? >> new york area. >> earlier today the president queened a call with homeland security, fema chief of staff and other senior members of his team. on the call the president received an update on the latest response and recovery efforts in the affected area. he also heard from fema administrator on the latest efforts to meet the continuing power and fuel challenges facing affected communities as well as ongoing work of the governors and their...
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tomorrow you're going up to new york city where you're going to, i assume, see people still suffering the effects of hurricane sandy which many people say is further evidence of how a warming globe is changing our weather. what specifically do you plan to do in a sec term to tackle the issue of climate change? and do you think the political will exists in washington to pass legislation that could include some kind of attacks on carbon? >> you know, as you know, mark, we can't attribute any particular weather event to climate change. what we do know is the temperature around the globe is increasing. faster than was predicted even 10 years ago. we do know that the arctic icecap is melting, faster than was predicted even five years ago. we do know there have been extraordinarily -- there have been an extraordinarily large number of severe weather events here in north america but also around the globe. and i am a firm believer that climate change is real, that it is impacting by human behavior and by carbon emissions and i think we have an obligation to future yen rations to do something
tomorrow you're going up to new york city where you're going to, i assume, see people still suffering the effects of hurricane sandy which many people say is further evidence of how a warming globe is changing our weather. what specifically do you plan to do in a sec term to tackle the issue of climate change? and do you think the political will exists in washington to pass legislation that could include some kind of attacks on carbon? >> you know, as you know, mark, we can't attribute...
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he lives in a city. he is black or he is white. he is mexican, attacking, polish, none of that matters. what matters is that he is an american -- mexican, italian, polis none of that matters. what matters is that he is an american. he is everything we hope to be. and everything we dare to dream to be. he sleeps in the state of trout and dreams the dreams of a child. he ends up on welfare. he fails in school. it breaks his heart. in the end, it may take his life on some distant battlefield. to millions of children in this rich land, that is their prospect of the future. this is only part of the america i see. i see another shout tonight. he hears the train go by and the dreams of faraway places for he would like to go. it seems like an impossible dream. he is help on his journey. father who had to go to work before he finished the sixth great sacrifice everything so the suns could go to trollops -- could go to college. a mother who quietly but when he went to war but understood why he had to go. a great teacher, a remarkable footbal
he lives in a city. he is black or he is white. he is mexican, attacking, polish, none of that matters. what matters is that he is an american -- mexican, italian, polis none of that matters. what matters is that he is an american. he is everything we hope to be. and everything we dare to dream to be. he sleeps in the state of trout and dreams the dreams of a child. he ends up on welfare. he fails in school. it breaks his heart. in the end, it may take his life on some distant battlefield. to...
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it creates more jobs in the manufacturing and services sector in new york city. new york and russia have a special relationship. last year new york exported $497 million worth of goods to russia which directly supported an estimated 1,400 jobs. additionally, new york city is home to one of the largest russian communities in the united states. and that i am very proud to say i represent. so i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of american jobs and vote aye on h.r. 6156, and, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: how much time remains on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, has nine minutes. and the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, has 15 1/2 minutes. mr. levin: mr. chairman, i think i'll proceed. shall i do that? it's now my pleasure to yield a minute and a half to another vigorous member of our committee on all issues, mr. pascrell from the state of new jersey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ne
it creates more jobs in the manufacturing and services sector in new york city. new york and russia have a special relationship. last year new york exported $497 million worth of goods to russia which directly supported an estimated 1,400 jobs. additionally, new york city is home to one of the largest russian communities in the united states. and that i am very proud to say i represent. so i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of american jobs and vote aye on h.r. 6156, and, madam speaker, i...
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help them to take their skills and build new and meaningful lives in the cities and rural communities all across our land. we pray for our military members who are serving in harm's way in afghanistan and around the world. may they know that a grateful nation remembers and honors their service. now may your presence bring healing and comfort to our nation's veterans and their families. hear our prayer for veterans. amen. >> amen. >> now i'd like to invite mr. rick delaney, national president of the national retired enlisted association to lead us in our pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> please be seated. it is now my distinct privilege to introduce the members of the veterans day national committee. the committee was formed by presidential order in 1954 to hold this annual observance in honor of america's veterans and to encourage and support veterans day observances throughout the nation. please hold your applause unt
help them to take their skills and build new and meaningful lives in the cities and rural communities all across our land. we pray for our military members who are serving in harm's way in afghanistan and around the world. may they know that a grateful nation remembers and honors their service. now may your presence bring healing and comfort to our nation's veterans and their families. hear our prayer for veterans. amen. >> amen. >> now i'd like to invite mr. rick delaney, national...